【稿约】《技术与语言》4个专题约稿

Call For Papers

Technology and Language invites inter-disciplinary explorations at the interface of technology and language - contributed papers in English or Russian are welcome at any time. In addition, there is a call for contributions to four special issues in 2021:

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In the Beginning was the Word - 

The Word as a Technical Artefact

Deadline for inquiries or proposals:

January 10th, 2021

Editors: 

Daria Bylieva and Alfred Nordmann

The word is a technical object in a variety of ways, most famously perhaps as the „redeeming word“ known from fairy-tales, transformative spells, and magical thinking. Its current incarnation is the password or encryption key which opens doors to secret places and new worlds. Another prominent field of inquiry is naming as a technological activity especially where this involves formal ontologies, but also in the design process and the creation of new machine/user interfaces. And to be sure, it is said that in the beginning was the word as an original act of creation, and it is the final word that seals a deal from the position of power. The second issue of T&L invites sustained analyses and playful explorations of these and other aspects of the theme.

02 /

Forensic Examinations - 

Terms and Techniques

Deadline: 

March 21st, 2021

Guest editors: 

Dmitriy Mokhorov and Anna Mokhorova

The topic of the special issue is forensic science which, historically, is deeply associated with linguistic technologies. Forensics involves the reading and interpretation of traces, and many early success-stories of forensic expertise concern the identification of forgeries. In today‘s forensic science, procedures and protocols establish the terms of technical practice. Accordingly, innovations in forensic science can be linguistic innovations, calling for the observation and analysis of trends in the development of the language and practice of forensic science. 

03 /

Technology and 

the Media Environment of the Information Society

Deadline: 

June 21st, 2021

Guest editor: 

Olga Shipunova

Social networks and communication systems, new modes of reading and writing, the hybridization of symbolic codes stand for the disruptive effects of digital and cyber-technologies on practices of communication and expression not only in the internet but also in traditional media. We invite contributions to interdisciplinary investigations of human and social prospects, the past and future of language, in this technological condition. Possible topics include: 

1) nudging, disinformation, and technologies for the manipulation of behavior and consciousness in digital environments, 

2) the digital language of intelligent environments, 

3) information technologies in social engine eering environments and technocracies, 

4) cognitive technology and sociolinguistic practice.

04 /

Technology as Language - 

Understanding Action in a Technical Condition

Deadline: 

September 21st, 2021

Guest editor: 

Alexander Nesterow

The philosophy of technology and language meets theories of action. Actions are understood in reference to reasons and causes which are formed in a social setting. The hermeneutics of action takes on a further dimension, however, when technical agency and technological activity are brought into play. Of particular interest are the symbols and tools of labor as knowledge is translated into action. Another focus is on technology and semiosis or the technical generation of the signs and sign systems that structure and constrain action – especially interesting and problematic in the age of self-learning technical systems.  

投稿、疑问、建议

《技术与语言》是由俄罗斯和德国学者担任主编的新刊物，接收英语和俄语稿件。

Queries, suggestions, and submissions can be addressed to [e-mail] or to Daria Bylieva ([e-mail]) and Alfred Nordmann ([e-mail]).

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https://soctech.spbstu.ru/en/issue/1/

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